Working fine for me now too, but over the last few years, with various devices I've grown to hate Activesync with a passion. It really is bad, bad software.

That said, this software is nice, especially as a person who's bought a Mac for the first time very recently, but you still need a Windows machine realistically for full functionality - many programs need you to install exe files.

Although I hear the Mac makes a really nice Windows PC nowadays...

careful, I hyeard from some it was changed to a mini sd?

I've just installed the democracy now player for my pc, so yeah, may just go ahead and install hubdog, coz it kinda reminds me of it now...

Hubdog looks interesting. but I already use Egress RSS reader - in what way do you find it better than a normal RSS reader?

I was grabbing a file from my PC using logmein to access my outlook at home at the time Mr "got out of the wrong side of bed grumpy"....







Perhaps your fifth post will be more useful to mankind. I can barely contain my little self.

Not sure what support the smartphone one has for bluetooth...

but the DLL you need for Pocket PC's is attached.

Nope. Bit disappointing, coz the program is otherwise lovely.

BTW, typing this from my handheld via my PC, using logmein.com. Breathtaking!

I use the superb marsware weather panel - it's easily the most lovely looking of all the weather products, especially with the animated icons added. Well worth the cash - even updates satellite maps on a 30minute bassi if needed.

Also, Egress RSS reader is superb - one handed operation is perfect for me. Even though I have two hands. (?)

Push Email is brilliant - once you try it, it's hard to go back to normal - I pay about £4 per month for the feature via 4smartphone.net. There are free services out there, but in the time I've had this one, I've notice them go down (on the forums) at least three times.

I can also happily keep images switched on via browsing, and I think I'll install orb again - it's almost like a totally free slingbox. Works a treat.

I'm sure I'll find more - I may even start using msn messenger again - yeah, it's banned, but it's such low data usage, especially if you stick to agile messenger, that it isn't going to raise any flags.

I'd also like to stream radio again, but that definitely would raise a flag.

For £7.50 per month, I can keep radio until I'm at home on wifi.....

Having a Universal with Bluetooth Stereo and Remote Control is excellent - but previously I was stuck with Windows Media Player, which as a music player, should really be taken out and shot.

I emailed both the creators of Pocket Music and Pocket Player, two excellent music players, but without A2DP and AVCRP support.

The Pocket Player people just got back to me, and supplied a DLL file which gives their player full bluetooth stereo support.



I'm happy to report that it works a treat, so fill yer boots!

Get it here!

And even better, you now don't have to use the awful Windows Media Player to get AVCRP - I wrote a long email to the Pocket Player people, and they just got back to me with a fix to get AVCRP and A2DP working with their Pocket Player!

Works a treat.

I don't think it is.

I already have 3G on my XDA Exec.

a) Definitely not true, hence my lack of bill payment this month. gotta make it up next month.

Got reception.

It's c) Waiting on this device and then letting my O2 contract lapse into uselessness for the remainder of the six months.

It can't come soon enough from t-mobile - my data bill portion of my bill is currently about £90 a month on O2, and that's not even for a huge amount of data on a personal contract.

Ridiculous.

Can't wit until I'm web and walk.

I still think it'll be June.

The latter.

Although I love the style of the Exec, the size of the Vario is something I loved with my original XDA Mini.

I'll miss VGA res though, so who knows, may keep it....

Why on earth did they do that???

BTW Goodbye O2, Hello TMobile when the Hermes comes out here too...

Fair point. I just like new toys every year.

Yeah - if O2 want to wake up, someone there should be PANICKING.

As of 7 days ago, I'm been charged about £70 this month already for data from O2 - I'm not gonna sustain that. sort of usage with push email and so on.

Cheaper for me to reduce to the lowest tariff, pay out the contract and switch to T-Mobile.

And if it's an issue, I hear that Agile Messenger is a LOT more efficient again than MSN Messenger.

Hear hear. I'm not even waiting to end my contract in Dec, I'm gonna buy it out whenever the Vario II is out. T-Mobiles data tariff is THAT good in my mind.

Absolutely terrible analogy.

I've found that T-Mobile in the last two days, have stopped stocking the Vario on their web page. Bizarre. I'm gonna wait for the Vario II though - it's 3G and comes with Push Email and Bluetooth Stereo out of the box and has similar keyboard to the Exec, which is lovely. It may take until JUNE though, but hopefully, the Vario being taken down maybe means the Vario II is on it's way sooner?

If that is the case, I'm getting the VARIO II as soon as it's out, and I'll worry about the crappy O2 contract I'm in after that....

p.s. if you wanna do a search for the vario II on the net, it's called the Hermes.

You can get your PAC code 28 days of thereabouts before the endof your contract. Get that s*** sorted ASAP.

Sorry, "anti-competitive practice"? Who else offers a cheap unlimited data tariff like this? Orange? O2? Vodafone? Three?

I was charged £99 for two days data with O2 recently. I can't wait until my O2 contract is up.

How do these packages compare to Route 66 Navigator 7?